Day 12 - Oakhurst to San Francisco

We left for another hotel for the last time this morning and it was another 8.00am departure. The bags were collected from outside the room. The first stop was at Casa de Fruta which was a lovely shopping area. There were different shops selling local products such as sweets, wine and fruit. From here we travelled to Monterey which was a picturesque town with many seafood restaurants and souvenir shops. We had lunch in a seafront restaurant and got a window seat with sea views. It was then time to get back to the bus and travel along the 17 mile drive. This was very scenic and the coach stopped at a number of viewing points along the way for photos. The next stop was Carmel and although we only had time to get a drink and look in a few shops it was lovely. We went to a very high end shopping centre. Our next stop was San Francisco. Once we arrived Geoff checked us in and handed out the keys on the bus. The bags soon arrived at the room and we got ready to go out. There was a huge difference between Oakhurst and San Francisco, we went from a sleepy town to a multi cultural, very busy city. We decided to go to Pier 39 for dinner as there was plenty to do and it was close to the hotel. We had a look around and decided to go to the Hard Rock Café for food. We stayed on Pier 39 for the rest of the night before heading back to the hotel for some sleep.